The shell of an adult hawksbill sea turtle consists of about a dozen overlapping scales colored with streaks of gold, brown, orange, and red. Hawksbills have long been hunted for their shells—the ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Globally distributed ...

Costa Rican marine biologist Ariana Oporta-McCarthy grew up close to where a critically-endangered turtle nests: now she's helping to save it. Over the last 200 years, the Hawksbill turtle ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For centuries, hawksbill sea turtles have returned to a shoreline in the eastern Philippines to lay their eggs, even as the human community has ...

Yes, this sea turtle is glowing neon green and red. No, it's not radioactive. The critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle is the first reptile scientists have seen exhibiting biofluorescence—the ...

Mark Hamann receives funding from the National Environmental Research Program and has previously received funding from the ARC, industry, and government. He is Co-vice Chair of the IUCN Marine Turtles ...

eneath the calm turquoise waters surrounding the island lies a vibrant marine world - corals blooming with life, colourful reef fish darting through the currents, and sea turtles gliding gracefully in ...

HAWKSBILL turtle hatchlings crawl toward the waters of Gingoog Bay during their release in Barangay Candiis, Magsaysay town, Misamis Oriental on March 31. BUTUAN CITY—Every year, hundreds of hawksbill ...